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Flags
The histories, meanings, and descriptions of the flags of the Countries of the World and the etiquette of using them.
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orange stands for pumpkins, its month is November because when the Pilgrims helped the native Americans and all the food they ate were brown and orange, you just think of orange in November. Its also for turkeys, they usually are red, brown, orange, yellow. Orange stands for the sun. orange stands for sand. Also orange can be ones favorite color.
What does the sickle and hammer mean on the USSR flag?
The hammer represents the workers and the sickle represents the peasant farmers of the country. Both workers and peasants together with disgruntled soldiers were responsible for the overthrow of the Tsar as well as the later overthrow of the Provisional Government by the Bolsheviks.
How many stripes did your first flag have?
Here is a site that will explain the various styles the flag has been designed. http://www.usa-flag-site.org/history.shtml
Who is the Indian National Flag designer?
The Indian national flag was designed in 1916 by Pingali Venkayya from Machilipatnam. The tricolour flag designed by him, with a charkha in the centre was adopted by the Congress committee in 1931 at Karachi.
On July 22, 1947, during an ad hoc meeting of the Constituent Assembly, it was approved as the National Flag of India with suitable modifications, wherein the Ashok Chakra was adopted in place of the charkha.
Why do some WW ll flags have gold stars?
If you are refering to the small banner type flags that hung in windows of the 1940's, it was a sign that a service member was killed in action. If the star (one star for each family member in the service) was blue, it referred to that sevice.
National flag red white green vertical stripes?
It is called the "Rebellious Stripes Flag", and was adopted by the Sons of Liberty in 1767as one of the first flags of the American Revolution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_liberty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:US_Sons_OfLiberty_9Stripes_Flag.svg
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-librt.html#sons
Other accounts tracing the Sons of Liberty flag origins suggest that the Viking long boat called Drakur flew the red and white striped flag, and even that the motif can be traced further back to the Tribe of Dan.
http://uscivilflags.org/products.html#flag
What does the 50 stars and the 13 stripes mean?
the 50 stars represent the 50 states, the 13 stripes represent the original 13 colonies
What did the flag of the Santa Maria ship Columbus voyaged on look like?
The flags that Columbus flew on the Santa Maria were the Spanish flag and the flag of the King and Queen of Spain Ferdinand and Isabella as described in his log book dated October 12th 1492. The king and queen's flag had a green "F" to the left of a green cross in the middle and a green "Y" to the right. A gold crown was above each of the letters "F" and "Y." "Ferdinand" and "Ysabel." This flag was an "ensign" flag which meant that it would have been flown on the stern (read deck) of the ships.
The Spanish flag was from the "Kingdom of Castile and Leon" showed two yellow/gold castles on a red background (upper left and lower right) and two red lions on a white background (upper right and lower left).
What does the eagle mean on the Poland flag?
Eagle is Poland's heraldic badge, but it isn't on the flag - the flag is just white and red. However, flag with coat of arms is used with some special destinations: on embassies, ships or airports. You'll find more info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Poland
What does the green ring stand for?
The individual colors do not represent any one thing in particular. The five rings on the Olympic flag are five different colors, blue, black, red, yellow and green. They were chosen because every nation in the world had at least one of these colors in their flag at the time it was designed, 1914.
What is the iceland's flag meaning?
The cross design is modeled after the Danish flag. The color red is said to symbolize the island's active volcanoes; white the ice and snow that covers most of the country, and blue is symbolic of the surrounding Atlantic Ocean.
Actually the white represents the glaciers, peace and honesty of the country.
How do you show respect to your husband?
You do it with him when he asks You would show respect by taking what he says when he is being serious to heart, and really thinking about the best thing for the both of you, and letting him take charge like that. This rule goes into the bedroom, sure, but it is not limited to that. Make sure that your opinion is known to him, but that he takes the authority for the most part, though not without letting you know what is up whenever something is going down. Social situations are a biggie. You should try to never appear domineering over him, as that chafes his ego, and that ego is part of what protects you from the freaks, pervs, and ex-cons. Moderation is always a good choice, as you should make your prescence known at meals and such with other people, but not so much so that he feels snubbed or so that he feels antagonized by being talked over. Respect does go hand in hand with discipline, as going too far is showing a lack of self-discpline as well as a lack of respect for yourself and him too. And no, I am not married, or even engaged, nor do I have this down either, but I know that it willl work, as it is logical and Biblical.
Which woman is often said to have created the first US flag?
Betsy Ross is said to have sewn the first flag.
Why did a Mexican flag written 1824 fly boldly over the Alamo?
More than likely, it didn't!
Some say it was the Alamo defenders championing the cause of the Mexican Constitution of 1824. This was decreed three years after Mexico won it's independence from Spain in 1821, establishing the "United Mexican States" as a Federal Republic. Thereby, it allowed states, including the Mexican State of Coahuila y Texas, certain rights and a degree of self government.
However, this was overturned by Mexican Dictator, Santa Ana. The Constitution that gave Texans rights they had grown accustomed to, was now being taken away.
While there were factions among the Texans wanting the re-establishment of the Constitution, and thus, why some feel the Flag of 1824 was flown, many scholars feel it was highly unlikely that by the time of the Alamo, they wanted to fight to the death for the cause of the Constitution of 1824. Rather, it seems by this time that they were fighting for the cause of Independence - period!
Think about the circumstances at the time of the siege of the Alamo. Unbeknownst to the Alamo defenders, the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed on March 2, 1836. This was several days before the Alamo fell on March 6th. However, this did not mean that William Travis was unaware that something like this was in the offing. In fact, he sent representatives to attend the Washington-on-the Brazos convention where the declaration was officially signed. Does it sound like they would be fighting for the 1824 Constitution or for Texas Independence?
Finally, there is absolutely no proof whatsoever that the 1824 Flag did not fly over the Alamo. However, the same is true of it having been flown over the Alamo. The fact is, it was highly unlikely.
Who was the first American to make an America flag?
i think it was besty ross agian but i'm not soo sure!
What does it mean when the the flag is not flying at the white house?
it means that there is no speical day that day
What is the state flower of Louisiana?
The magnolia is the state flower of Louisiana, and are beautiful, large white flowers, with a yellow center. While Magnolia trees aren't as tall as many other trees, they are beautiful, with large, deep green leaves year-round.
What are the four flags that flown over Texas from 1519-1836?
Texas under Spain
Texas under France
Texas under Mexico
Is the American flag ever flown upside-down?
I cant think of a specific instance when the flag was flown upside down, but it is only done when a US position has been overrun or if there is an emergency there.
A national flag flying upside down is an international sign of distress.
What flag has one star with 2 white and 3 red stripes?
The Filipino flag does. The country of Philippines
What does the x on the rebel flag stand for?
An answer from Viper1usmc
The best-known of all Confederate flags-the battle flag-is often erroneously confused with the national flag of the Confederacy. The battle flag features the cross of St. Andrew (the apostle was martyred by being crucified on an X-shaped cross), and is commonly called the "Southern Cross." A large degree of the Southern population was of Scottish and Scotch-Irish ancestry, and thus familiar with St. Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. The stars represented the eleven states actually in the Confederacy, plus Kentucky and Missouri. This flag is the flap popularly associated with Robert E. Lee, and is the flag under which he fought.
The Army of Northern Virginia was the first to design a flag with the cross of St. Andrew, and Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard proposed adopting a version of it as the standard battle flag of the Confederate army. The Harper's Weekly Image above shows Beauregard's Arkansas troops serving under the "Stars and Bars" flag in 1861. The Army of Northern Virginia can be seen serving under the "Southern Cross" in 1862. One of its virtues was that, unlike the Stars and Bars, the Southern Cross was next to impossible to confuse with the Stars and Stripes in battle. The Confederate battle flag eventually developed wide acceptance 0throughout the Confederacy, but it was by no means the only battle flag.
Read more: What_does_the_confederate_flag_represent
Why is the American flag folded into a triangle at military funerals?
It is an honor reserved for US servicemen who honorably served their flag and their Nation.
